Disability – the one minority you can join at a moment’s notice. Do I have your attention? Extrapolating this truism to recognize that the disability community constitutes approximately 15 percent of ...

Sharing stories is a critical way to advocate for important issues and influence change. When it comes to advocating for disability rights and shaping disability policy, storytelling is a powerful ...

Act II of Laurie Ahern’s life began in a Uruguayan orphanage. The facility she visited was beautiful and clean. It also kept children with autism locked in cages. Horrified, the mental-health advocate ...

The attorneys' goals include ensuring that people with disabilities have the services they need to live in their own homes, instead of having to move into nursing homes or other types of institutions, ...

(Ryan Sun, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) We can’t let July come to a close without acknowledging Disability Pride Month, a time ...

Disability advocacy isn’t just about accessibility — it’s about dignity, autonomy and the fundamental right to live fully. As the first person of color to chair the board of the Center for Independent ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Alice Wong, the California disability rights activist who employed wit, creativity and at times shock to fight for ...

Trump admin plans to cut disability rights legal funding from $148M to $69M in 2026, as DOJ lawyers quit or shift. Advocates ...

CLINTON, Wis. -- State disability councils and advocacy agencies are sounding the alarm that their work ensuring people with disabilities have rights, resources, and representation in policy is on the ...

Rocky Nichols, executive director of the Disability Rights Center of Kansas, is closely watching proposed federal cuts to programs that serve individuals with disabilities. (Kansas Reflector screen ...

IOWA (KCAU) — Disability rights advocates joined forces on June 5. They encouraged Iowa senators to vote against the president’s so-called “Big, Beautiful, Bill” due to the ramifications Iowans would ...